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Updated on 2024-05-28 GMT+08:00

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Attaching a Policy to an Entity

This API is used to attach a policy to a root, OU, or individual account. It can be called only from the organization's management account.

You can debug this API through automatic authentication in API Explorer or use the SDK sample code generated by API Explorer.

POST /v1/organizations/policies/{policy_id}/attach

**Table 1** Path Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
policy_id	Yes	String	Unique ID of the policy. Maximum: 130

**Table 2** Request header parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
X-Security-Token	No	String	Security token (session token) of your temporary security credentials. If a temporary security credential is used, this header is required. Minimum: 1

**Table 3** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
entity_id	Yes	String	Unique ID of the root, OU, or account. Maximum: 100

None

Attaching a policy to an entity

POST https://{hostname}/v1/organizations/policies/{policy_id}/attach

{
  "entity_id" : "ou-g0odxxnfw"
}

None

Status Code	Description
200	Successful.

Parent topic: Managing Policies

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